Synonyms for barrel vault


Grammar : Noun


Définition of barrel vault

  • noun tunnel vault
Example sentences :
  • The church is covered by a barrel vault, the crossing of the transepts being crowned by a dome.
  • Extract from : « Cathedral Cities of France » by Herbert Marshall
  • The barrel vault (a half cylinder) was known to the Egyptians and Assyrians.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • They were a variant of the barrel vault of the region preferred because less material was required.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • The Corpus Domini has its own sculptured doorway, and three bays covered by a barrel vault carried on pointed arches.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • The cathedral of Autun has a barrel vault undergirded by pointed arches.
  • Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
  • Thomas did not believe that a barrel vault was used in these apartments; the span would have been too great.
  • Extract from : « A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1 » by Georges Perrot
  • The central aisle has a barrel vault, and the side aisles quadripartite vaults.
  • Extract from : « The Care of Books » by John Willis Clark
  • The planks covered the barrel vault, which was called "Arches," situated beneath the roof.
  • Extract from : « Virginia Architecture in the Seventeenth Century » by Henry Chandlee Forman
  • Most elaborate of all is the barrel vault, where each coffer is filled with round or square panels surrounded with strapwork.
  • Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson
  • Over 200 feet long, it has a dome-surmounted transept in the middle, and a barrel vault divided into panels.
  • Extract from : « Portuguese Architecture » by Walter Crum Watson

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